Bradley Gaynes, MD
Enriched profileRay M. Hayworth, MD and Family Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Division of Global Mental Health · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Bradley Gaynes is Ray M. Hayworth, MD and Family Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Division of Global Mental Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 750 publications with 25,344 citations (h-index 73); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 5 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Psychiatry profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 9 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Bradley Gaynes, MD, is Ray M. Hayworth, MD and Family Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. The public record shows 750 publications with 25,344 citations (h-index 73), centered on Mental Health Treatment and Access, Treatment of Major Depression, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes. It also documents an investigator role on 5 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 8 NIH-funded awards (2001–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · PLOS mental health
- Top research focus: Mental Health Treatment and Access
- 5 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 1 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 13 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 250.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 14 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 5 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- HIV Engagement and Adolescent Depression Support (HEADS-UP)
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Friendship Bench Adaptation to Improve Mental Health & HIV Care Engagement Outcomes Among PLWH and PWID in Vietnam
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Tailored Response to Psychiatric Comorbidity to Improve HIV Care Engagement in the United States
Sponsor: Michael J Mugavero, MD
Industry payments
Updated 14 Oct 2026
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2023–2024. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20242 payments
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20232 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Nervous system
100%Benzodiazepine100%Lorazepam100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 14 Oct 2026
8 NIH research awards on record, funded 2001–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Aligning facility leadership and climate to advance mental health services integration in Malawi
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2026$975,680R01MH133028 - Problem solving therapy to improve CMD and HIV care outcomes for PWH on ART in Vietnam: a randomized controlled trial
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2026$704,632R01MH136958 - Malawian Program for Mental Health Research Training (WARMHEART)
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
FY2026$264,492D43TW011794
Publications
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Perinatal DepressionArticle3,282 citations2005
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Network
Updated 14 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 14 Oct 2026
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Other
med.unc.edu/psych/our-news/page/74
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →med.unc.edu ↗ - provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →med.unc.edu ↗
Awards & honors
honors on the public record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →news.unchealthcare.org ↗
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →med.unc.edu ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Professor of Epidemiology
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
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